Door guard



T. J. COE

noon GUARD June's, 1924. 1,496,626

Filed June 19. 1923 IN VEN TOR THOMAS cl Corr 5 'WITNESSES A TTORNE YS Patented June 3, 1924.

UNITED STATES THOMAS JEROME (JOE, OF ENDICOTT, NEW YORK.

DOOR GUARD.

Application filed June 19, 1923.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. Con, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Endicott, in the county of Brooine and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Door Guard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to guards for automobiles and has for an object to provide an improved construction which may be read ily mounted in a doorway in such a manner as to prevent the hubs of vehicles from striking the uprights of the doorway.

Another object in view is to provide a door guard formed with an inclined guiding roller and pressed out ears for rotatably holding the roller in place.

A still further object, more specifically, is to provide a guard for doors wherein the body is formed from sheet metal and pressed to receive a roller without auxiliary fastening means.

In the acocmpanying drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a building showing a door opening with a pair of guards embodying the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a front view of one of the guards shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 2, approximately on line 3-3.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through Figure 3, approximately on line Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a building of any desired kind provided with a door frame 2 designed to accommodate the doors 3 and 4 which may be hinged or otherwise mounted to close the doorway whenever desired. Connected to the uprights of the frame 2, are guards 5 and 6, said guards acting to prevent the hubs of automobiles or other vehicles from striking the uprights of the frame 2.

In Figures 2 to 4 inclusive, the guards shown in Figure 1 are illustrated in detall. As both guards are identical in construction, the description of one will apply to both. As illustrated in these figures, the guard 6 is provided with a body 7 which tapers from the top to the bottom and at the top merges into a fiat section 8 and at the bottom into a flange 9. The flat portion 8 and the flange 9 are both provided with apertures for re- Serial No. 546,393.

ceiving screws, bolts or other fastening means whereby the body 7 may be rigidly secured in place as shown in Figure 1. When the body 7 is formed, the sections 10 and 11 are pressed downwardly while other sections 12, 13, 14 and 15 are pressed upwardly whereby a shoulder 16 is provided against which the bottom of the roller 1? rests. The pressed out portions 10 and 11 form a bed or support for the roller 17 as it rotates while the pressed out portions 12 to 15 act as retaining fingers for holding the roller in place.

In use, the guards are arranged as shown in Figure 1 and in case the wheel of an automobile or other vehicle strikes the body 7 it will also engage the roller 17 and as it moves, said roller will rotate which will assist in causing the wheel of the vehicle sup ported thereby to be urged laterally, particularly if the vehcile is comparatively heavy whereby the hub of the wheel will not strike the frame 2.

hat I claim is l. A .door guard, comprising a body having a surface inclined from the vertical, and a roller rotatably mounted in said body and projecting from said inclined surface, the roller being positioned with its axis parallel to said surface.

2. A door guard, comprising a body having one of its surfaces inclined at an angle to the vertical, a roller mounted in said body for projecting from said inclined surface, and a plurality of members pressed out of said body for holding said roller in place.

3. A door guard, comprising a sheet metal body tapering from the top to the bottom and flat on one side, said body having a flat upper section and a flat flange at the bottom. said upper section and flange being formed with openings for receiving fastening members, said body being pressed inwardly for forming a bearing, said body being also formed with a pair of pressed out fingers at each end of the inwardly pressed portions, and a roller rotatably mounted on said inwardly pressed portions and held in place by said fingers.

4. A door guard, comprising a body formed with a pair of inwardly pressed portions forming a trough, said body being also provided with a pair of retaining fingers pressed outwardly, and a roller mounted in said trough and held in place by said fingers.

THOMAS JEROME COE. 

